Foot rest for shoe-shine parlors



June 16, 1925. 1,542,141

A. R. P. JOHNSON FOOT REST FOR SHOE SHINE PARLORS Original Filed 001:. 24, 1922 Patented June 16, 1925.

we T T mca ALLAN ROLAND PYE JOHNSON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES TILLEY AND HEBBERT VICTOR- TILLEY, BOTH OF TORONTO,

ONTARIO, CANADA.

FOOT BEST FOR SHOE-SHINE TPARLORS.

Application filed October 24, 1922, Serial No. 596,618. Renewed May 2, 1925.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLAN ROLAND PYE JOHNSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Rests for Shoe-Shine Parlors, of which the following is the specihcation.

My invention relates to improvements in foot rests for shoe shine parlors and the object of the invention is to devise a foot rest which may be utilized as a step by which the customer may mount upon the high seat of the shoe shine chair with a minimum amount of eifort and it consists essentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my applied to a shoe shine chair.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail, shown mostly in elevation, of my foot rest showing it utilized as a step in the full lines and in a foot rest position by dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the parts as illustrated in Fig. 3 showing the upper portion of one of the standards in section.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figs. 3 and L.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. V

1 indicates a shoe shine chair of ordinary construction which is mounted upon a raised platform 2, which platform is provided with a stepped-up portion 3 located beneath the chair. 4 and 5 are standards secured to the platform 2 in front of the chair 1. The standards 4 and 5 are provided with jawed upper ends 6 through each of which extends a cross pin 7. 8 is my combined step and foot rest member provided with side arms 9 and 10 having segmental circular inner ends 11 provided with centre orifices 12 and enlargements 13 and 14 forming stop projections for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

device The arms 9 and 10 extend horizontally and at their free ends curve into a vertical direction to carry the foot rest portions 15 and 16. 17 is a step plate extending between the arms 9 and 10 and mounted upon that side of the arms opposite to the vertically extending portions of such arms to bridge the space therebetween.

18 is a handle by which the device may be operated.

When the device is not in use the arms 9 and 10 are swung into the full position shown in Figure 3 so that the foot rest portions are supported upon the steppedup portion 3. The customer then may step upon the platform 2 then onto the step 17 which is located in such a position as to enable him to easily seat himself upon the shoe shine chair 1. The arms 9 and 10 are further supported in this position by the enlargements 1a bearing against the standards t and 5.

When the customer is seated in position the operator grasps the handle 19 and swings the foot restto the dotted position shown in Fig. 3. The customer may then place his feet upon the foot rests 15 and 16' and when his shoes have been shined the foot rest is returned to its original position to enable the customer to easily descend.

What I claim as my invention is:

I 1. A foot rest for shoe shine parlors comprising a platform provided with an upstanding ledge, a standard support located in front of the ledge, a member swung upon the upper end of the standard support and having its end curved into a vertical direction, a foot rest carried upon the vertically extending portion adapted to rest upon the platform ledge, and a step member carried upon the opposite side of the swung member to the vertically extending portion. 9 l

2. A foot rest for shoe shine parlors comprising a platform provided with an upstanding ledge, a standard support located in front of the ledge, a member swung upon the upper end of the standard support and having its end curved into a vertical direction, a foot rest carried upon the vertically the standard when the swung member is extending portion adapted to rest upon the swung in one direction and against the 0pplatform ledge, 21 step member carried upon posite side of the standard when the swung 10 the opposite side of the swung member to member is swung to the opposite side of the the vertically extending portion, and stop standard.

enlargements carried by the swung member and adapted to bear against one side of ALLAN ROLAND PYE JOHNSON. 

